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Keg Thrower
Pardon the skim here but what degree is that fairway wood Hawk?
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No worries, it hasn't been posted here. It's 19° with a 43 inch shaft.
It's definitely not going to be for everybody, but I think this line really could make some people's jaws drop. If the driver worked as well as the fairways it would literally change my game.
When you say its not for everyone, is that due to the lightweight design?
When you say its not for everyone, is that due to the lightweight design?
This is heavily listed in the review on the home page as well as discussed heavily in the THP Radio show with the club's designer.
This is heavily listed in the review on the home page as well as discussed heavily in the THP Radio show with the club's designer.
Would like to know if the draw bias is evident to any who have hit the Black fairway.
I agree with this and disagree as well. I can hit a low profile FW off the grass but can't hit one that's very tall. I am afraid that this series is of the tall variety. I am also interested in how you hit this off the deck. I am all over the driver, but even with these awesome numbers you are getting with this 5W, I don't know what good it would do me unless I just used it in place of a driver - - - which I would hope wouldn't be necessary if I get a driver in this series. Unless this is lower profile than it looks, I would tend to go with the Black driver but the Launcher 3- and 5-woods.I'd consider bagging it even if I just hit it off the tee. Many times I think the fairway wood off the turf is a dumb shot for many amateurs anyway.
Can you clarify a bit? Are you asking if I draw it any easier than other clubs or if it prevents a left-right ball flight? Right now, I'm noticing my directional miss seems to be a push, but I really keep a weak grip to avoid the hook. I hope to get some course/range time this weekend to see play around a bit with it.
Thanks Chunky. I was aware of that, but I think it's just a hard thing to relate at times since I can make a ball go any direction, draw biased or not haha.
As for the fairway wood off the turf being a bad choice for many amateurs, I was more referring to it in a course management sense. Going for a 200+ yard green with a fairway wood can be riskier than say a iron or hybrid>wedge in my opinion. That said, I did hit this club a whole bunch yesterday on the course, both off the tee and off the turf. I really am struggling to come to much in the way of opinions since the wind was once again gusting in the 40mph range.
I will say that I'm very familiar with this course and I was as far or farther with this off the tee than I am with my driver. Hit some side-by-side that confirmed this as well. Had some hooking issues going on with all of my clubs and this one was not immune from that. I didn't notice that it had more of a tendency to go left that anything else.
I don't think I've ever seen a fairway wood get up in the air as high as this one for me. It's pretty amazing to see from my perspective. Shots with wind in my face were certainly punished for that, but I was still pretty happy with where I ended up. Only a couple really big misses, but for the most part I was on the fairway or close to it. It was not hard at all to get in the air off the turf.